2. A protective tariff. Passed by Congress on May 19, 1828. Designed to protect industry in the North. The Tariff of 1828
3. After the War of 1812 and Napoleonic Wars the blockade of Europe led British manufacturers to offer goods in America at low prices that American manufacturers often could not match. Therefore tariffs on imported goods were put into place in order to protect the American economy and jobs. Why did it come about?
4. Although the tariff benefited the North, the South was harmed directly by having to pay higher prices on goods the region did not produce, and indirectly because reducing the exportation of British goods to the US made it difficult for the British to pay for the cotton they imported from the South. This reaction from the South would lead to the Nullification Crisis in 1832. Effect of the Tariff of 1828
